Thread-cutting clip.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908. H. R. BENDA. THREAD CUTTING CLIP. APPLICATIONFILED OCT. 11, 1907.

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UNITED STA S HARRY R. BENDA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

THREAD-CUTTING CLIP.

Application filed October 11, 1907.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY R. BENDA, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Thread-Cutting Clips; and I doherebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to m ake and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification andillustrating one way in which my invention may be carried into effect,and in which Figures 1, 3 and 5 are end views and Figs. 2, 4 and 6 sideviews of a spool with my thread clip.

This invention relates to devices designed to be fastened or attachedto, and forming part of, spools, reels and coils, or equivalentcontainers of, or means for receiving, wound or laid thereon, thread andsimilar fabrics, thin wire, or fibers of different nature, with theobject and for the purpose of holding and retaining their outer ends,which devices at the same time afford a ready and simple means of andfor severin or cutting ofi from the contents of such spoo ls, or coilsof thread, etc., any desired part of the same, more particularly in sucha manner as to cause the holding or retaining of the outer end of thecoil of thread as a more or less direct consequence of the severing ofthe same.

A further object of my invention is to provide efiicient and simple waysand means for firmly securing and attaching such and similar devices tospools and kindred devices.

In my application for United States Letters Patent Serial No. 383,036for Thread cutting clips filed July 10th 1907, I have de scribed adevice of such a nature in which, to hold and retain the end of thethread or similar article, the same is pressed against the rim of thespool, or equivalent, by a springfing'er or resilient member of thedevice.

The object of the present invention is to provide a thread cutting clipwhich is adapted to be fastened to, and used on, spools the rims ofwhich are either of a round contour or otherwise unsuited for thatpurpose.

I accomplaish this object by designing such a thread cutting clip in aself contained form, or holding the end of the thread irrespective ofthe form of the spool or container, by providing it with an independentclamp.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Serial No. 396,986.

Referring now to the drawing, in which like characters of referenceindicate like parts in all of the views, (t represents a spool suitablefor thread or the like. The body portion 1) of my newthread holding andcutting device or clip is attached to the fiat end of the spool by meansof tongues c which form integral parts of the clip and which are bentover on themselves, preferably in two places, to enter the body ormaterial of spool a through slits d provided in said body part b of theclip. Of the two bends of the tongues, which are ordinarily parallel toeach other, one is approximately of 180 and the other of about 90. Theposition of these bends before the clip is fastened to the spool isindicated on the tongues by dotted lines, as at e. To give greaterstiffness and strength to the clip and to the tongues, the bend which isof 180, as c Fig. 3, may have a greater width than the bend of 90.

In Figs. 3 and 5 the tongues c are shown after being blanked and beforebeing bent, while in Figs. 2, 4 and 6 the tongues are shown bent andprojecting into the flat end of the respective spools.

The thread holding and cutting device is shown to consist in Fig. 1 of aprojecting part f which is bent over the rim of the spool approximatelyat right angles, and its end bent a ain, but at about 130 and in a planeparal e1 to that of the fiat end of the spool, thereby constituting aspring-finger or resilient extremity and forming a notch at the apex ofwhich the cutting edges are located, that is at the terminals of line f(dotted). Broken line f indicates the position of part f before it isbent into a clamp.

In Fig. 3' the thread is yieldingly held or pinched through the mediumof a resilient part, or spring-finger, as g, which is partly gouged outof, or raised from, the body por tion I) by the aid of an incision, atthe terminals of which are located the cutting edges.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a resilient clamp is shown to be formed by extremity hwhich is bent over on itself about 180 from its blanked position asindicated by broken line h the cutting ed es being also located at theterminals of the Iine on which part h is bent into a clamp.

The arrangement of the clips shown in Figs 3 and 5 being symmetrical itis obvious that the thread may be drawn in under the respective clampfrom either the right or the left side, according to the way the threadis wound on the spool, while the clip shown in A thread cutting clipcomprising a body Fig. 1 may be fastened to either end of the portionprovided with slits, tongues integral spool and thereby be adapted to sools I therewith ada ted to project into the spool wound right or left.By arranging the 0 amp through said s its whereby the said clip is fasonthe periphery of the rim of the spool it be- I tened to said-spool, anda resilient clamp for comes practicable to place two or more i pinchingthe thread independently of the spools of thread on a spindle, on top ofone P spool, said clamp affording cutting edges. another, as is oftendone on sewlng mach nes, In testimony whereof I have signed my wlthoutinterfering with the operation of the name 0 this speclficatlon 1n thepresence or oli two su scri ing witnesses.

laving described my invention and in HARRY R. BEN DA. what manner thesame may be carried into Witnesses: effect, what I claim as new anddesire to se I E. J. VOGAN, cure by Letters Patent is: 1 HARRY F.PIEPER.

